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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: While I agree that it cannot be called the National Roads Authority, if it is going to have a function in respect of rail we should be careful in the context of branding and ensure that there is not some sort of elaborate scheme launched in order to come up with a name and a logo.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Bill 2014: Committee Stage (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Minister for putting forward the amendment. I had a similar amendment drafted, but I appreciate the fact that it was not as detailed as what the Minister has come up with. This came out of the bizarre situation whereby the National Roads Authority would embark on the design and construction of a new road without knowing whether it was going to get planning permission for it....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Data (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details, in tabular form and by county and year, of the total number of new vehicles registered during the month of January in each of the following years, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5612/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the retirement packages available for domestic staff in community hospitals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6128/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plans the Health Service Executive has for the staff of the palliative care unit, which has been constructed at Saint Ita's Community Hospital, Newcastle West, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5681/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 428. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide resources through the Health Service Executive to staff the new cystic fibrosis unit at University Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5690/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (10 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 666. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the hedge cutting time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6120/15]

Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution on this Bill. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, who is from my own county. It is generally accepted that she is doing a very good job in the Department and I wish her well in that role. The Bill refers to the internationalisation of education and focuses primarily on third-level in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the number of visits made by the Industrial Development Agency to County Limerick in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5854/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Appeals (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the family income supplement appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6378/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if there are grants or assistance available to organisations which wish to buy a defibrillator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6387/15]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How widespread is this issue concerning foundations among the other universities and third level colleges that come under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General's office?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Therefore, the potential problem that is being unearthed here could be an issue in other third level institutions as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it the Comptroller and Auditor General's intention to look into that?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In the general thrust of looking at foundations the Comptroller and Auditor General has no way of knowing that money that is given by benevolent sources to a foundation does not find its way in the reverse direction back into the university in terms of current expenditure or, God forbid, top-ups or anything like that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the representatives from Enterprise Ireland and the IDA. I go back to an initial comment by Deputy John Perry at the start. It is only a comment to Ms Julie Sinnamon. I would certainly not want the message to go out from this committee that I had any difficulty with an investment of €13,000 to create a job that would restore somebody's dignity and give them a sense of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In Mr. Shanahan's experience of dealing with companies overseas, is it a fair assessment to say it would it be a hard sell to attract investment to Ireland on the back of an increase of employers' PRSI?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What could come in parallel with an increase in employers' PRSI that was really positive? The only positive thing that could go with that would be a cut in corporation tax. Is that not right?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In general, what Mr. Shanahan is saying on behalf of the IDA is that any additional tax burden on the creation of employment would be an impediment to his role and the creation of a better environment for people to come in here and do business.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013 (12 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How would Mr. Shanahan describe his relationship with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation?